Check Point Software Technologies to Secure BackWeb's Internet Broadcasting Software

Check Point's FireWall-1 is First Network Security Software to Support BackWeb Protocol

INTERNET WORLD, NEW YORK, NY – December 11, 1996 – Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKPF), the market leader in network security software and inventor of Stateful Inspection, today announced immediate support for BackWeb Technologies' personal broadcasting software, the BackWeb Channel Server. Check Point is the first network security software vendor to provide secure support for BackWeb's Polite Agent delivery technology. BackWeb's software allows companies to build broadcast programming channels on the Internet to deliver their own rich content and applications directly to BackWeb's subscribing customers.

Check Point™ FireWall-1™ users can obtain BackWeb Channel Server support by downloading add-on code from Check Point's Web server (http://www.checkpoint.com) at no charge and integrating it into current FireWall-1 installations.

Support for BackWeb's Channel Server software is possible through Check Point's patent-pending Stateful Inspection technology, which maintains state information for all network communications. BackWeb's Polite Agent transmission technology is based on UDP, a connectionless protocol. FireWall-1 secures UDP-based applications by maintaining a virtual connection on top of UDP communications.

Check Point is able to provide almost-immediate support for new applications such as BackWeb through FireWall-1's INSPECT™ programming language and programmable INSPECT engine. These technologies enable Check Point to rapidly add support for new applications, as well as allowing network administrators to easily customize the firewall to incorporate custom, in-house applications.

"As we reverse the web so that rich content finds interested users rather than users having to search for it, we reduce the cost of giving users access to the Internet's vast information," said Eli Barkat, CEO of BackWeb. "That's good news for companies as long as we can assure them that their critical corporate data isn't compromised when users receive the channel content they've subscribed to. Check Point FireWall-1 is the market leading network security software that provides the unbreachable security that BackWeb's corporate customers need."

"The growing number of organizations maximizing their investments in Internet and intranet technologies to deliver value-added information and services has greatly increased the risk of security breaches," said Dr. Deborah Triant, CEO and president of Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "FireWall-1's extensible architecture and support for connectionless protocols gives Check Point the unique ability to provide almost-instantaneous support for new and emerging Internet applications, such as BackWeb, which customers are quickly adopting."

About Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is the leader in global network security software and inventor of the "Stateful Inspection" architecture. The company commanded a 40 percent share of the worldwide firewall market in 1995 according to an IDC study issued in February 1996. Its products are sold worldwide through OEM partners, distributors, VARs, systems and network integrators and Internet Service Providers. The company has a U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For product information please call (415) 562-0400, email info@checkpoint.com or visit Check Point at www.checkpoint.com

About BackWeb Technologies
BackWeb Technologies is a leading offline Web software company. BackWeb extends the value of technology investments by offering mobile and remote employees offline access to portals, intranets and other Web-based applications and content. The company's products reduce network costs and improve the productivity of an increasingly mobile workforce. At the core of BackWeb's products is its patented Polite® synchronization technology that can distribute large amounts of data even over narrow bandwidth connections. BackWeb® customers include market leaders such as Boehringer Ingelheim, Centocor, Eastman Kodak, GE Healthcare, Guidant, HP, KLA Tencor, Lam Research, Pfizer and more than one hundred other companies. BackWeb also has strategic reseller alliances with software industry leaders: Plumtree, SAP and IBM. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. and Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel. For more information, visit www.backweb.com or call (800) 863-0100.

Statements in this news release, which are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities laws, including statements of beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Examples of these statements include, but are not limited to, the ability of BackWeb software to allow customers to gain mobile, disconnected use of their portals and help increase field sales and field service productivity, the integration of BackWeb software with BEA products will help developers extend portal applications for offline use without changing the way they work, and the ability of the resulting applications to help field sales and service organizations realize maximum productivity, cost savings, and process acceleration gains while disconnected from the network. Actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include unforeseen technological issues related to use of the BackWeb software, deployment issues related to implementation, unforeseen software errors, competitive factors and business and expense factors that may affect the perceived efficiencies from use of BackWeb's products, and the risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in BackWeb's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. BackWeb assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release.